So long, farewell,auf wiedersehen, good night…
*Sigh
Yup. I bid a fond adieus to some new friends. I had only known them for a short time. I used to have some friends just like them but slowly and surely, they had left me.
At first, I was very upset when this happened. Why was this happening!?! Was I doing something wrong? It was painful at first but eventually, I got used to it and learned to say, “Oh, well…”
Then something happened! Some of them came back to me! This was great! I was no longer embarrassed by being without them. People did not look at me askance when they casually noticed their absence. I began to fit in again. This was nice.
Saturday, though, it happened all over again. Three of them said “Good-bye” again. Right when I was starting to feel confident about them sticking around. I felt sad. I must admit, though, to not being too terribly surprised. I had felt them thinking about leaving.
It was nice while it lasted.
Yup. I lost three toenails at my 50K race Saturday. I am back down to 7 toenails again. I am breaking out the nail polish and camouflaging the places where the toenails used to be. If you do not look too terribly close, you cannot tell.
*Sigh.
Maybe, just maybe, I will grown them back in time for the Chicago Marathon in October? Fingers crossed.